If you can, you will quickly find that the greatest rate of return you will earn is on your own personal spending. Being a smart shopper is the first step to getting rich. — Mark Cuban Whether you are a small business or large corporation, you must get your product to market (and concomitantly, to your customers) in the most efficient way possible. Without a shipping solution, your company, big or small, will founder and be lost in a sea of competitors. As a business, it is important to leverage every aspect of your operations and to streamline them. Many companies and their operations personnel view shipping costs as just another “cost of doing business”. Considered in this off-hand way, many companies inevitably find that they are paying far too much in freight costs. There are many factors that determine the “real” cost of shipping your products to the marketplace.